Our prediction for this match:
South Korea
Match Time & Date:
07/09/2018
07:00 AM
Prediction: 3-1
Costa Rica
The setting for this match will be Goyang Stadium in Goyang. Costa Rica will go to South Korea for their 11th match against each other. In the previous ten matches, both team have recorded four victories each. This friendly will serve as a preparation for their respective regional tournaments in 2019. South Korea will play in the Asian Cup and Costa Rica in the Copa America. Both teams were in this years World Cup and neither managed to go past the groups stage. South Korea beat Germany 2:0 in a shocking last game of the group stage but lost the previous two matches. Costa Rica lost the two opening games and managed to get a point against Switzerland in the third match. Looking at their form before the World Cup, neither team has good results. However, the Koreans will feel confident after the win against Germany and will look to prepare for January the best they can starting with a win here.
Highlighted Player (Hee-Chan Hwang):
Hwang Hee-Chan is a product of Pohang Steelers football academy. The Korean attacker, who was born in Chuncheon on January 26, 1996, started his senior career at FC Liefering of Austria and he scored 13 goals in 31 appearances for the club. The 177-cm tall striker currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg and you should bear in mind that he netted 12 goals for the club in the 2016/2017 season.
Hwang Hee-Chan won his second Austrian Bundesliga title with Salzburg in the 2016/2017 season, but the Red Bulls eventually failed to make it to the Champions League group stages. The Salzburg footballer made his South Korea debut in a 2-0 win over Canada on November 11, 2016.
Hee-Chan played regularly for the Korea national football team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and he scored one goal in the process. The Koreans eventually booked their place at the showpiece tournament in Russia, meaning that the Salzburg attacker will have a chance to prove his worth on the big stage.
Highlighted Team (Costa Rica):
Los Ticos are administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation and are members of the CONCACAF confederation competing at the international stage since 1921, although it was not until 1927 that they had become the FIFA members.
Costa Rica is the most successful national football team in the history of Central America with eight championships and their decorated reputation was upheld in 2014 when the current Central American champions made an imposing impression during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Having reached the quarter-finals, Costa Ricans continue to be a thorn in the side for a many bigger soccer nations.
Alvaro Saborio is the most-capped member of the current team captained by Bryan Ruiz, but the most prominent star of the squad is definitely Real Madrid goalkeeper and 2016 Champions League winner Keylor Navas. Arsenal forward Joel Campbell is also a notable player whose 2014 FIFA World Cup performances have been nothing short of impressive.
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